Monthly D1 Assigning?

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Not sure what all the COVID protocols will be in Connecticut scholastic games this upcoming season.

Originally Posted by JRutledge

Still all has little to do with the original question.

My post wasn't about the original post of the thread, but was a response to a very recent post by Raymond regarding COVID policies.

Originally Posted by Raymond

Two of my conferences just finalized and released their COVID policies for the season ...

I thought that my post would spark some interest from others to share their state scholastic COVID policies.

Originally Posted by JRutledge

Institutions are trying to decide as compared to last year what they will do that is different or if they will keep some of the same policies they had before.

Which is exactly what I did in my post, note "Last year" and "This year".

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Last year: Masks for all (players, coaches, officials, fans). Officials come in uniform (no locker rooms available for officials). Number of fans limited (varied from one school system to another, usually one, or two parents allowed per player, no student fans). Short regular season. No state tournament (just conference tournaments).This year: Interscholastic athletic officials must be fully vaccinated for COVID, or be exempted from the vaccine requirement for reasons of medical contraindication or firmly held religious or spiritual belief. Governor's executive order in already in place (expires February 15, 2022) for an indoor mask mandate in all schools (fall indoor girls volleyball players and indoor girls swimmers (on pool deck) wore masks, as did officials, coaches, and fans). Full regular season and state tournament planned. No word yet on number of fans allowed (will be decided by individual school systems), or locker room availability for officials.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

My post wasn't about the original post of the thread, but was a response to a very recent post by Raymond regarding COVID policies.



I thought that my post would spark some interest from others to share their state scholastic COVID policies.



Which is exactly what I did in my post, note "Last year" and "This year".

Then start another topic. But this kind of is irrelevant to the OP. As Raymond said, multiple states and multiple institutions have many more things to factor in than a local high school. And conferences are playing teams likely from other states or other parts of a state. So the issue or issues that would be related to them has nothing to do with high school where you might be in the same school district or the next school district over. Nothing wrong with that conversation, but not relevant to college assigning and their process. The only way it affects what high school does is if officials have to choose to work a high school or college game on the same night. Otherwise one has nothing to do with the other.

Peace

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

Then start another topic.

Done. Maybe JRutledge can be the first to post.

[Player989random]

Yes, I just got a flurry of assignments, and luckily only two were conflicting and they were D2 vs JUCO, so the assignor was fine with it.

I will say I have one D3 assignor who won't accept any turn backs "unless it's D1". I'm not sure if he realizes how much of his staff works D2, but it's at least 50%, so we'll see how long that lasts.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Player989random

Yes, I just got a flurry of assignments, and luckily only two were conflicting and they were D2 vs JUCO, so the assignor was fine with it.

I will say I have one D3 assignor who won't accept any turn backs "unless it's D1". I'm not sure if he realizes how much of his staff works D2, but it's at least 50%, so we'll see how long that lasts.

Fortunately for me, I work for assignors that know that a good deal of their staff works for other assignors that they know and they often talk to maximize your schedules with other assignors. But this situation is unusual where it appears there is more of a fight for spots and they might work together but expect some loyalty to them. It is hard because there are only so many games to go around at one time.

Right now I have mostly D3 stuff out. I have literally one D2 game in November. And the biggest consortium I am a part of has not put anything past the first Saturday in December at this point (as far as I can tell). Going to be very interesting the next coming days and months.

Peace

[SC Official]

Originally Posted by Player989random

Yes, I just got a flurry of assignments, and luckily only two were conflicting and they were D2 vs JUCO, so the assignor was fine with it.

I will say I have one D3 assignor who won't accept any turn backs "unless it's D1". I'm not sure if he realizes how much of his staff works D2, but it's at least 50%, so we'll see how long that lasts.

Yeah, ask the D2 assigners if they view D3 games as equivalents.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by SC Official

Yeah, ask the D2 assigners if they view D3 games as equivalents.

They don't and neither do the officials. But also some areas have only a plethora of D2 in an area and might not have D3 in the area or vise versa. Officials just want to work.

But I bet D2 pays more than D3 anyway and clearly has more prestige. I hate when officials are caught in the middle of this, especially now.

Peace

[SC Official]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

They don't and neither do the officials. But also some areas have only a plethora of D2 in an area and might not have D3 in the area or vise versa. Officials just want to work.

But I bet D2 pays more than D3 anyway and clearly has more prestige. I hate when officials are caught in the middle of this, especially now.

Peace

I agree with you. I was intending to point out that the D3 assigner who doesn't view D2 games as being a higher level - is a dick. Another example of a low-level assigner thinking more highly of himself and his league than he should.

Fortunately, all the assigners I work for across three different levels of college basketball, and my high school assigner, know where they stand on the hierarchy.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by Player989random

Yes, I just got a flurry of assignments, and luckily only two were conflicting and they were D2 vs JUCO, so the assignor was fine with it.



I will say I have one D3 assignor who won't accept any turn backs "unless it's D1". I'm not sure if he realizes how much of his staff works D2, but it's at least 50%, so we'll see how long that lasts.

That's like a JUCO supervisor saying he won't release you for a D3 game, only D2 and D1 games.

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[SC Official]

Arbiter is also a problem in this respect. All your Arbiter assigners can see whether you have a game or not even if you don’t share your schedule. A lot of them will pass over you even if you show as open but have a lower-level assignment. I know an assigner who doesn’t use Arbiter for this exact reason.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by SC Official

Arbiter is also a problem in this respect. All your Arbiter assigners can see whether you have a game or not even if you don’t share your schedule. A lot of them will pass over you even if you show as open but have a lower-level assignment. I know an assigner who doesn’t use Arbiter for this exact reason.

I have at least one supervisor whom I know doesn't look at the notes or the info attached to somebody's name. All they look to see is whether or not they are available.

I am lucky two of my D3 supervisors are really good friends and they work together on their schedules.

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[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by SC Official

Arbiter is also a problem in this respect. All your Arbiter assigners can see whether you have a game or not even if you don’t share your schedule. A lot of them will pass over you even if you show as open but have a lower-level assignment. I know an assigner who doesn’t use Arbiter for this exact reason.

Arbiter is a problem in almost all respects, for officials. I hate it.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by SC Official

Arbiter is also a problem in this respect. All your Arbiter assigners can see whether you have a game or not even if you don’t share your schedule. A lot of them will pass over you even if you show as open but have a lower-level assignment. I know an assigner who doesn’t use Arbiter for this exact reason.

You can set up Arbiter to not share that information. Now, this is also depending on how your Arbiter accounts are set up. I have over 20 different accounts with Arbiter varying from high school organizations to some college. Most college assignors do not us Arbiter at all. I had multiple that used Blue Zebra. Now a couple of college assignors left Blue Zebra to go to RefQuest Plus (Including the creator of the site). But my point is my high school assignors have no connection to the college assignors and I can literally not show why I have a block. So that makes it much easier to not give out direct information. That certainly is not the case everywhere I am sure.

Peace